Improvement in ironing-stands



SALLIE E. CRUTCHFIEL D.

IRO'NING-STAND.

Patented. June 6, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGEO SALLIE E. GRUTGHFIELD, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO RALPH GEORGI, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN I'RONING-STANDS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 178,236, dated June 6, 1876; application filed March 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Miss S. E. GRUTGH- FIELD, of Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference united by a brace, B. To one of these posts,

A, is hinged the ironing-board U, which is of suflicient length to reach the other post, A, upon which it rests. Board C is covered in the usual manner with cloth or other suitable material.

irons when board 0 is lifted in order to slip garments such as skirts, 850., over it. To the longitudinal brace B is hinged lengthwise a D is a bracket affixed upon post A for the purpose of placing upon it the flatframe, G, covered with netting, cloth, or other similar material. This frame, when not in use, is folded over brace B, upon which it rests; but when the ironing-stand is in use it 'is unfolded or opened, as shown in Fig. 2, when it will preventthe garments that are being ironed from dropping down and resting upon the floor, and thus getting soiled.

The various parts forming my improved ironing-stand-viz., posts A A brace B, and frame G, and board Omay be so constructed as to be detachable from each other when the stand is not in use. When so constructed it occupies but little space, and can easily be put together by means of hooks, as shown in the drawing at i t. Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesv The ironing-stand herein-described, consisting of post A, having bracket D and hinged ironing-board G, and post A, in. combination with the brace B, having hinged frame G, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SALLIE E. GRUTOHFIELD.

Witnesses:

R. GEORG-I, J. T. DAVIDSON. 

